[robertpolyglot]

They are among the ugliest of creatures, IMO. I recently saw a FB page that had a picture of a guy out on the golf course in Florida with some of his friends. There is an alligator sitting there, with its snout toward a pond...or water feature. He was standing behind its tail. He looked fairly tranquil. I wouldn't even have gone near it.

[beachmouse]

Can't remember ever hearing about a golf course attack on a person. Gators on land are generally only aggressive toward humans when they've come to associate people with food, and I suspect golf course management is very good about enforcing 'do not feed the gators' rules.

I have however heard of them going after small to medium-sized dogs being walked too close to golf course ponds.

[jambo101]

They do go after golfers;;
Fripp Island Gator Attacks Golfer, Bites Arm Off - YouTube

[Mike1306]

Originally Posted by jambo101

They do go after golfers;;

Considering the first 60 hits on google when you search for "gator attack golfer" either comes up with the incident you posted or one other one which did not involve a golfer but a snorkeler, I would say it is extremely rare.

Every time I have been out golfing and came across a gator, if my ball went near it and I started walking towards it the gator would head back in to the water.

Just don't stick your arm near the water to retrieve your ball. That's why they make these.

[jambo101]

Rare they may be but the topic title isnt asking about frequency of attacks its just asking if its ever happened.

[crazynip]

They smell yankee... they only attack people from up nawth

[Mike1306]

Originally Posted by jambo101

Rare they may be but the topic title isnt asking about frequency of attacks its just asking if its ever happened.

Judging from the body of the post, it seems the poster has some fear of this happening.

Rather than heightening the fear that it does happen by taking one isolated incident from a state other than the state forum that the post was originally posted into and pluralizing that one incident, I felt it better served to illustrate that it is an extremely rare incident when it does happen.

With approximately 600 million rounds of golf played in the U.S. a year and around 10% of the total rounds of golf played in Florida your odds of winning the lottery would be about twice as good as getting bitten by an alligator while playing golf in Florida if even one attack a year happened. Being there is, on average, less than one attack by an alligator on a golfer a year in Florida in addition to common sense taking randomness out of the equation, the chance of getting attacked by an alligator while golfing is really infinitesimal.

[Soup Not See]

Originally Posted by Mike1306

Judging from the body of the post, it seems the poster has some fear of this happening.

Rather than heightening the fear that it does happen by taking one isolated incident from a state other than the state forum that the post was originally posted into and pluralizing that one incident, I felt it better served to illustrate that it is an extremely rare incident when it does happen.

With approximately 600 million rounds of golf played in the U.S. a year and around 10% of the total rounds of golf played in Florida your odds of winning the lottery would be about twice as good as getting bitten by an alligator while playing golf in Florida if even one attack a year happened. Being there is, on average, less than one attack by an alligator on a golfer a year in Florida in addition to common sense taking randomness out of the equation, the chance of getting attacked by an alligator while golfing is really infinitesimal.

There's a much higher chance of being struck by lightning on a golf course. And if the OP is afraid of being attacked by an alligator while golfing, he/she should either take up shuffleboard or learn to hit the ball away from the water hazards.

[robertpolyglot]

Originally Posted by leftee

There's a much higher chance of being struck by lightning on a golf course. And if the OP is afraid of being attacked by an alligator while golfing, he/she should either take up shuffleboard or learn to hit the ball away from the water hazards.

I don't live in Florida. I don't golf. I come to Florida for its beaches. It was just the picture on FB of a guy standing behind a gator on a course that prompted me to post this. Out here, we probably have the remote chance of encountering a mountain lion while hiking. And those critters avoid human contact. It's the "attack" stories that make the news.

An alligator is way more primitive, making it a lot weirder. It seems like mountain lions are very intelligent, and seem to "calculate" what might be involved in an attack situation.

[jambo101]

Originally Posted by Mike1306

Judging from the body of the post, it seems the poster has some fear of this happening.

Rather than heightening the fear that it does happen by taking one isolated incident from a state other than the state forum that the post was originally posted into and pluralizing that one incident, I felt it better served to illustrate that it is an extremely rare incident when it does happen.

With approximately 600 million rounds of golf played in the U.S. a year and around 10% of the total rounds of golf played in Florida your odds of winning the lottery would be about twice as good as getting bitten by an alligator while playing golf in Florida if even one attack a year happened. Being there is, on average, less than one attack by an alligator on a golfer a year in Florida in addition to common sense taking randomness out of the equation, the chance of getting attacked by an alligator while golfing is really infinitesimal.

Infinitesimal it might be, maybe it only happened once since time began but the topic is quite clear to me.
Alligators on golf courses - have they ever attacked a golfer?

therefore
Fripp Island Gator Attacks Golfer, Bites Arm Off - YouTube
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